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From Suva to Sydney
5th Pacific Workshop on Access and Benefit Sharing0 3 b 20 S d li10‐13 November 2014, Sydney, Australia
Dr Andreas Drews and Dr Kabir BavikatteDr. Andreas Drews and Dr. Kabir BavikatteABS Capacity Development Initiative
Background: Expanded Regional Scope Since 2012
• Since 2012, the Initiative has been expanding its activities and capacity building processes to Caribbean and Pacific ACP countriescapacity building processes to Caribbean and Pacific ACP countries
• Cooperation with regional organisations: SPREP and SPC (Pacific), CARICOM (Caribbean) national support in selected countriesCARICOM (Caribbean), national support in selected countries (Guyana, Cook Islands, Vanuatu, FSM,…)
N i M i bi i• New topic: Marine bioprospecting
Supporting Ratification and National Implementation: The Foundation
Country level support: Briefing of stakeholders about ABS/NP and identifying approaches for ratification/implementation
• Vanuatu (March 2012): Individual stakeholder briefings; need for broader stakeholder consultation and stock‐taking of relevant legislation g g
• Samoa (May 2012): Briefing of relevant government institutions
• Palau (May2012): Stakeholder briefings• Palau (May2012): Stakeholder briefings (government, Traditional Council of Chiefs, Palau Conservation Society); recommendations for roadmap towards ratification and implementation
Supporting Ratification and National Implementation: The Foundation
Country level support: Briefing of stakeholders about ABS/NP, identifying approaches for ratification/implementation and national ABS workshops
• Vanuatu (November 2012): Further stakeholder consultations; briefing and planning workshop with VANGO and government representatives; concept for GEF/SGP Strategic Grant to identify PIC process with local communities
• FSM (August and November 2013): national ABS workshops for stocktaking and gap assessment and identifying elements of a national ABS policy
• Cook Islands (November 2013): Stakeholder consultations; briefing workshops for relevant government institutions and the House of Ariki; contributions to the development of a GEF‐NPIF project for adapting the ABS draft bill to the NP
Regional Capacity Development and Coordination
Regional exchange: Update on ratification process; exchange about challenges and practical approaches towards ratification and implementation
• 1st Pacific ABS Workshop, March 2012, Nadi, Fiji• Oceania Biodiversity Forum and
2nd Pacific ABS Workshop, p,May 2012, Brisbane, Australia
• 3rd Pacific ABS Workshop, November 2012 Asau SamoaNovember 2012, Asau, Samoa
• 4th Pacific ABS Workshop, November 2013, Suva, Fiji
Capacity Development: Relevant Skills and Topics
Legal and technical trainings: Building relevant skills of stakeholders
• Training: ABS and Intellectual Property Rights for National ABS Focal Points (August 2013 Nadi Fiji)(August 2013, Nadi, Fiji)
Support of National Implementation: The Foundation
National Support (Contd.)
Vanuatu: Identify support needs in Vanuatu on its way towards ratification and implementation of the NP• Consultative meetings with government authorities
jointly with UNU/IAS and University of New South Wales, March, 2012
GEF SGP funded ABS CEPA programme for localGEF SGP funded ABS CEPA programme for local communities ‐ strategic grant• Consultative meetings with civil society organisations,
the Department of Environment and Conservation and a representative of GEF SGP, 4 November 2012
Support of National Implementation: The Foundation
Support of national roadmaps
2013: Country visits in Cook Islands, Micronesia and Vanuatu• Briefing of stakeholders about ABS/NP and identifying approaches for
implementation.
2012: Country visits in Palau and Samoa• Samoa continues ratification and
implementation process – no concreteinvolvement of the ABS Initiatve
• Palau didn‘t continue the process despite thePalau didn t continue the process despite theABS Initiative‘s recommendations for theimplementation of the NP
In‐country Consultation Cook Islands, 18‐22 November 2013
Outcomes• Further assistance of ABS Initiative in the development of the ABS framework• Further assistance of ABS Initiative in the development of the ABS framework
for the Cook Islands (Daniel Robinson, lawyers of the Initiative)
• Traditional Leaders (House of Ariki and Koutu Nui): Little knowledge on ABSTraditional Leaders (House of Ariki and Koutu Nui): Little knowledge on ABS and NP; mixed opinions on monetary benefits; want to be involved in developing ABS laws
• Environmental NGO (Te Ipukarea Society ‐TIS): suggested to be involved in ABS as institution transferring benefits to localinstitution transferring benefits to local communities; marine protected areas
• Government stakeholders were informed about ABS and the upcoming GEF project.
2nd FSM ABS Capacity and Policy Development Workshop, 20‐22 November 2013, Chuuk, FSM
Outcomes
Follow up to the first FSM workshop in August 2013
Outcomes
• Interim ABS Policy for FSM
• Discuss Interim policy with departments and relevant colleaguesg
• Consult on the ABS policy with the states and with the legal divisionstates and with the legal division
• Develop an ABS Policy for FSM
Representatives of FSM’s national government and the states of Pohnpei, Chuuk and Yap
4th Pacific Sub‐regional Workshop on ABS 25‐29 November 2013, Suva, Fiji
Outcomes
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• Capacities to undertake activities towards the ratification and implementation of the Nagoya Protocol among Pacific stakeholders were improvedwere improved
• Regional exchange of views and experiencesexperiences
• Awareness among stakeholders in relation to planned ABS capacityrelation to planned ABS capacity development projects was enhanced and national perspectives were flagged for integration into the gg gregional project under development.
Introduction to ABS and the Nagoya Protocol – Special Session at the 9th Pacific Islands Conference on Nature Conservation and Protected Areas, 5 December 2013, Suva, Fiji
Content
Follow up to the 4th Pacific Sub‐regional Workshop on ABS
• Model cases of the utilization of traditional knowledge• Challenges that may arise during negotiations of ABS agreements
among researchers communities and government agenciesamong researchers, communities and government agencies.• Overview of the work of the GEF Small Grants Programme (SGP) on
value‐chain approaches and support to ABS at the local level.
Thirty‐four representatives from governments, NGOs, research institutions, regional and global organisations
Implementing the International Treaty for Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, 6 December, Suva, Fijig , , , j
Briefing meeting at SPC for representatives of Ministries of Agriculture
Content• ABS systems of the Treaty and the CBD/NP• Understanding the overlapping scope and resulting challenges when
designing national regulatory frameworks
Capacity Development: Relevant Skills and Topics
Partners• Bioversity International• International Development Law Organisation (IDLO)• Center for International Sustainable Development Law
(CISDL) F i j f N I i (FNI)• Fritjof Nansen Institute (FNI)
• Natural Justice
TrainingsTrainings• The International Treaty and the Nagoya Protocol –
A tandem workshop for National Focal Points, June 2014, Rome, Italy
• IDLO Capacity Building Course for Lawyers from the African, Caribbean and Pacific Region ‐ Building Legal Frameworks to Implement the Nagoya Protocol,July/August 2014 Rome ItalyJuly/August 2014, Rome, Italy
• Mutually Agreed Terms – Contracts to Make ABS Functional, August 2014, Nadi, Fiji
The International Treaty and the Nagoya Protocol –A Tandem Workshop for National Focal Points
Outcomes
3‐6 June 2014, Rome, Italy
Outcomes
Positive impact on the national processes by bringing together the respective national focal points and thus triggering direct discussions and concrete cooperation.
• Better understand the two different ABS systems under the ITPGRFA and the Nagoya ProtocolNagoya Protocol
• Identify the core issues at the interface of the ITPGRFA and the Nagoya Protocol
• Elaborate approaches for mutually supportive administrative processes and
> 50 participants, including representatives from SPREP and SPC
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IDLO Capacity Building Course for Lawyers from the African, Caribbean and Pacific Region ‐ Building Legal Frameworks to Implement the Nagoya Protocol, 28 July‐1 August 2014, Rome, Italy
Outcomes
Build capacities of national actors and accompany national processes to develop legislation and legal tools for the achievement of Aichi Biodiversity Target 16• Understand the concept of ABS as established by the CBD, NP and related
agreements• Provide an overview of the obligations under the NP and associated national
processes• Understand the approaches taken by other countries (Brazil, India, South
Africa) to implement key components of the NP• Recall practical techniques and skills to design and facilitate interventions to p q g
accompany national legal processes to implement the NP.
Mutually Agreed Terms ‐ Contracts to Make ABS Functional5‐8 August 2014 Nadi Fiji
Outcomes
5 8 August 2014, Nadi, Fiji
• Key elements of ABS agreements• Relevant aspects of contract law• Negotiation skills required to conclude successful ABS agreements• Negotiation skills required to conclude successful ABS agreements
40 Participants (National ABS Focal Points and representatives from the Competent National Authorities of countries in the Pacific region)p f f g
Workshop to Develop the ABS Policy of Pohnpei State (FSM), 2‐4 September 2014
< 45 participants (government representatives, traditional leaders and NGO representatives) to develop Pohnpei’s draft ABS policy
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Outcomes
NGO representatives) to develop Pohnpei s draft ABS policy
• Discussion and clarification of land rights and ownership of genetic resources
• Discussion of appropriate decision‐making structures in governmentpp p g g• Roles of stake‐ and rightsholders in obtaining PIC, negotiating MAT
and benefit‐sharing• Draft ABS Policy for Pohnpei for further discussion with otherDraft ABS Policy for Pohnpei for further discussion with other
relevant government functionaries and traditional leaders. Based on these discussions finalization and implementation of the policy.
ABS Capacity Development Needs in SIDS ‐ Dimensions and Potentials of Marine Bioprospecting: Side event at
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Potentials of Marine Bioprospecting: Side event at 3rd UNSIDS Conference, Apia, Samoa, 1‐4 September 2014
Focus
SIDS are challenged implementing the NP at national levelC id bl i t t f ti d ( h t ) h ti l i d t i• Considerable interest of cosmetic and (phyto‐)pharmaceutical industries
• Very unique traditional knowledge and specific traditional governance schemes
• Research activities in marine environments for new compounds are increasing.
• Most activities occur in coastal waters and huge exclusive economic zones (EEZs)
Amplifying ABS Processes
Partnerships
• Continued collaboration with GEF‐SGP, SCBD, SPREP, SPC
• Strengthened working relations with GEF Secretariat and thei l i iimplementing agencies
• Bioversity International and Treaty Secretariat: Cooperation on coherent implementation of ITPGRFA and Nagoya Protocol
• IDLO and CISDL
• Supporting research cooperation: SEPDD
• BIOPAMA: IUCN, JRC
• Natural Justice
Studies, Guides and Online Platform
• AU Policy Framework for the Coherent Implementation of the Nagoya Protocol on ABS (AU Guidelines)
C S di P ifi• Case Studies Pacific
• Strategic Communication guide
• The Interface Between the Nagoya Protocol and the ITPGRFA at the International Level
• National Studies on ABS Implementation Brazil India South Africa• National Studies on ABS Implementation ‐ Brazil, India, South Africa
• Fact sheet: Relevance of Marine Bioprospecting for ABS Framework
• Website (knowledge management and external communication)
Communication and Knowledge Management
• Update of the Initiative‘s corporate design
• New website design and structure: public awareness platform and knowledge p gmanagement tool
• Weekly ABS News Digest
• New edition of the ABS calendar for 2014
• Offline/online graphs on ABS relevant industrial sectors and cases (e.g., CIMTECH)
• Fact Sheet on Relevance of Marine Bioprospecting for ABS framework
h kThank you
Dr. Andreas Drews and Dr. Kabir BavikatteABS Capacity Development Initiative
www.abs‐initiative.info
[email protected]@ias.unu.edu